City report · Shanxi, China
Shuozhou Air quality today
Air quality in Shuozhou currently reads AQI 97 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 97
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 33.8
- tree cover
- 6.9%
- trees in this area
- 21.7K
- more trees needed
- 72.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Shuocheng District, Shuozhou, Shanxi, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Shuozhou · AQI 97 (Moderate)
Shuozhou's tree count comes to 21,677 trees across 12.57 km², 23 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 72,571 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Shuozhou today: AQI 97, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 23:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · City EPA, Shuozhou (朔州市环保局), 1.7 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
33.8
PM10
70.2
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Shanxi Province Environmental Monitoring Center (山西省环境监测中心站网站首页)
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Shuozhou's daily AQI at 58 on average, from 32 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 118 on Nov 5.
Where Shuozhou stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Shuozhou: Critically low
6.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
21,677
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
72,571
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,597 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Shuozhou lost?
There was almost no forest around Shuozhou in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 63 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 237 ha
- Overall change
- +174 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Shuozhou grew from about 63 hectares to 237 hectares, a net gain of about 174 hectares. New forest grew on about 174 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Shuozhou right now?
The latest reading for Shuozhou shows an AQI of 97 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is City EPA, Shuozhou (朔州市环保局), 1.7 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Shuozhou today?
At AQI 97 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Shuozhou been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Shuozhou's daily AQI at 58 on average, from 32 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 118 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Shuozhou lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Shuozhou in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Shuozhou grew from about 63 hectares to 237 hectares, a net gain of about 174 hectares. New forest grew on about 174 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
What is the tree count in Shuozhou?
Shuozhou has an estimated 21,677 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 6.9% tree cover, 23 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Shuozhou need?
Shuozhou needs roughly 72,571 more trees to close a 23-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,597 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Shuozhou's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Shuocheng District, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Shuocheng District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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